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The whalers of the deep deep sea.
Notes on cover: "Owned by M.E. Hodgkinson of Riverton in 1857"
[Maori portrait: man in cloak. 1850] Maori portrait: man in cloak.
Verso in pencil: 6.
Ohinemutu pa on Lake Rotorua.
Verso in pencil: Ohinemutu pa on Lake Rotorua; on mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: View from Orakau Maunga-Tautiri, with natives digging in the foreground. Ohinemutu pa on Lake Rotorua. T.M. Hocken. The morere or swing. A favourite game. Given to…
Warrior chieftains of New Zealand. Harriett, Hekiís wife, Heki, Kawiti.
On mount in ink: T.M. Hocken.
Warrior chieftains of New Zealand. Harriett, Heki’s wife, Heki, Kawiti.
On mount in ink: T.M. Hocken; on label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Hone Heke & Kawiti were the chief leaders in the rebellion of war in the north, 1844-46. Heke belonged to the Ngapuhi Tribe & was a nephew of the celebrated Hongi Hika whose warlike…
Group of Maori Women
Lower right (l.r.)in ink: J. Merrett; verso: 1.
Three Maoris seated in front of a whare.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: J Merrett 1850; verso in pencil: 4 X.
Three Maoris, two seated, one lying down.
Verso in pencil: 5.
Group of Maoris.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: J. Merrett.
Portrait of two Maoris.
Paper stamped u.r.: …La Rue & Co …ndon Board [illeg].
Kawitta.
Verso in ink: Kawitta; in pencil: L814; verso mount on label [authentication by John Dixon & Co]
Hone Heke.
Verso in ink: Heki; in pencil: L814; verso mount on label: [authentication by John Dixon & Co.]
Maori game of poi.
Lower left (l.l.) - l.r. in ink: Maori game of poi, by J.J. Merritt [sic].
Pah of Oinamutu on the Rotorua Lake.
On mount in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The pah of Oinamutu on the Rotorua Lake. The carvings in this pah are particularly fine; verso mount in ink: The pah of Oinamutu on the Rotorua Lake. The carvings in this pah are particularly fine.
New-Zealand festival. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen, London.
Printed key: Mount Hobson. Mount Eden, the land for miles round these two mountains have been purchased by Europeans from the Natives and being excellent soil it promises to be covered with farms in twelve or eighteen months. Captain Scotts farm. The…
Native feast held at Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. May 11 1844.
On mount in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Native Feast held at Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. May 11th 1844. Joseph Merrett, artist. T.M. Hocken; label in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: An interesting account of this Feast is given in Gov. Fitzroyís…
Professor F. Sinclaire. Medusa Studio.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Professor F. Sinclaire; l.r. in pencil: Jas Fitzgerald; on mount: 2/2/- drypoint from life; label verso: Medusa Studio.